Resources To-Do list

• Fix data source

Aesthetics To-Do list

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Data Sources

Here are some of the best visual and reliable sources for data that I have found online:

• Johns Hopkins dashboard (world and national levels)
• National
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services with variable definitions
• Eau Claire County statistics

Scientific Support for Masks.

Should I wear a mask in enclosed public spaces? Unequivocally, YES. References for reasoning:

• Current accumulation of over 70 references
• Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
• Background for modelling: A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0376

A couple more in the works:

• Face mask wearing rate predicts country's COVID-19 death rates https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.22.20137745v1
• Association of country-wide coronavirus mortality with demographics, testing, lockdowns, and public wearing of masks (Update June 15, 2020) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342198360_Association_of_country-wide_coronavirus_mortality_with_demographics_testing_lockdowns_and_public_wearing_of_masks_Update_June_15_2020
• open letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel_CEtyTqFjyv_XFFyhPwbH-J6gnfX0YWsiEqlBLE4bsOHGg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2QaUjDigeGZpGDS0mszJVXqiF4OqBCLlW_9hc7pApBv4WjDlIX1ToXlV4
• https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31183-1/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR0TSoh6w_Pl54K5ZmmNU6p_cIBo2EoP9BmSxY5Pu2K0aV95IPwk5T53Q6s

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/21/880832213/yes-wearing-masks-helps-heres-why

https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Study-100-face-mask-use-could-crush-second-15333170.php?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042720300117?via%3Dihub

http://ftp.iza.org/dp13319.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1jlcs2PjDIvg3AjqxMucwVPfexpxRDOt5T3k24MzNYmTCIE0Resziaeto

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-new-covid-19-cases-reported-after-infected-hair-stylists-n1230346

References for selected plots

I devised plots that are similar to those found, for example, at the following locations:

• Covid Act Now https://covidactnow.org/?s=58173
• A regional breakdown of the United States COVID-19 curve https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/heglc5/oc_a_regional_breakdown_of_the_united_states/
• Minnesota updates from Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/h9j6pj/covid19_update_up_222_230_by_mdh_active_2780/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/hfovhg/625_update_34123_positives_360_1406_deaths_9/
• Wisconsin updates (from Redditor unknown-and-alone)
• Wisconsin updates
• https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/hjwthw/oc_countylevel_covid19_case_growth_animation_in/